> The biggest in my garden are 5-6 inches long. Some varieties consistently> grow bigger and longer rhizomes than others, but good dirt and fertilizer> play an essential role, as well. In the attached photo, the rhizome on > the> left is 4 1/2 inches long, the one on the right 5 inches, measured along > the> top of the rhizome from the white edge of the fan to the end. -- Griff>> Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia>>> ----- Original Message ----- > From: <sdayres2@aol.com>> To: <iris@hort.net>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 1:16 PM> Subject: [iris] Big rhizome>>>>I am curious.? I pulled a rhizome out of my flower bed that is 6-7 inches>>long.? It was growing into another iris clump.? The iris?was Bay Fro!
nt (I>>think a 2006 Suttons).? That large of a size is unusual for southern New>>Mexico.? Do rhizomes grow that big in other portions of the country?>> __________________________________________________________>> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! ->> http://mail.aol.com>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------->> To sign-off this list, send email to
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